The Drake Passage is an ocean channel between the southern tip of South America and the West Antarctic Peninsula. Named after the 16th-century explorer Sir Francis Drake, it is notorious for whipping ...

Mar. 23—A group of graduates from the former Sir Francis Drake High School has formed a nonprofit to preserve its old sports trophies and other artifacts. "We have trophies back to 1953 ...

Named after 16th-century explorer Sir Francis Drake, the passage connects the Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern Oceans. At approximately 600 miles (965 kilometers) wide, it is relatively narrow ...

A leat commissioned by none other than Plymouth's own privateer and Elizabethan sailing legend Sir Francis Drake has been found by contractors on a £29.89m project to revamp the city centre.